As the title says i overfilled the car. I dont understand how that happened (story below)
I have 2 questions
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Do i need to drain it? I have driven it 20km since filling it. I was hoping to change the oil when i changed the brakes in a couple weeks.
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How did it get overfilled?
Background info: the car burns oil, in august i decided to top it up a half a quart past full and record how long it took for the oil to go below the top dot. That took about 3000km,
380km ago i filled it to the second dot. Today i checked the oil. I let the engine idle for 10minutes. When i checked the oil it was barely coating the bottom of the dip stick. A put in less then a quart. I checked it again and It filled to a bit past the second dot.
Then i drove to work. I checked the oil again. The oil was at the level you see in the picture much higher then it was at home…
Both times the car was on a slight incline.
When i checked the oil the first time the car was idiling then i immediately shut it off when i saw how low the oil was. Could that be why the car had low oil the first time?
It will be fine, the 2.4 usually burns enough oil anyway that this wont be an issue for long.